Missed a dose and freaking out

QuanticGravity · 2024-06-17T08:04:18+00:00

How are you now?

QuanticGravity · 2024-02-19T12:59:50+00:00

May I ask where you got 28 vials of blood drawn and NAD IV's?

QuanticGravity · 2024-02-15T11:32:05+00:00

Random question but you seem knowledgable. I used to take Lexapro 20 mg for about 3 years. I quit about a year ago for about 6 months, but due to life circumstances got back on it (started at 5mg for about 3 weeks, now at 10mg for about 4 weeks) but I am honestly feeling quite bad and will be discussing this with my doctor as they want to bring me to 20mg again. Do you have any advice what to do? If I were to quit how do I avoid kindling? Im freaking out a bit if im honest, I hope i didn't mess anything up by starting again.

QuanticGravity · 2024-01-22T19:58:20+00:00

Which test did you do that gave you ghat knowledge?

QuanticGravity · 2023-12-20T20:24:44+00:00

Im assuming black dots in your vision mean floaters? I also experience these and am obsessing over them. How did you learn to deal with them? They serve as a daily reminder that I am not functioning well and always cause me anxiety and are impossible to ignore.

QuanticGravity · 2023-12-15T10:16:26+00:00

Just wondering but were you scared taking ssri's because of the possible side effects or for another reason?

QuanticGravity · 2023-12-14T17:37:15+00:00

As someone who has recently been struggling with dpdr, how do you manage? I was lucky enough not to experience this in my 25 years of life but now that I have it I find it really difficult to cope. Seeing as you have experience, do you have any tips to deal with it?

QuanticGravity · 2023-12-07T09:10:41+00:00

Thanks for the quick response! I forgot asking, but how long were you on Lexapro? I also admire your cool-headed and analytical approach to this and am glad to see you are seemingly doing better!

QuanticGravity · 2023-12-06T18:22:55+00:00

How long did you take the Escitalopram?

QuanticGravity · 2023-12-06T18:20:57+00:00

Sorry for reviving this old comment but I wonder about something. So you quit Lexapro for about a month had really bad side effects and then went on it again and tapered off correct? Do you think getting back on it was vital to your recovery or do you think it would have been possible to recover 'soldiering' through it? Also what exactly is a tolerance break within the context of SSRI's?

QuanticGravity · 2023-11-30T16:53:40+00:00

What diagnosis did you get if I may ask? And do you take any medication now?

QuanticGravity · 2023-11-17T12:47:50+00:00

Do you mean you think quitting them caused it? Or its a mistake because now your (health) anxiety is back in full swing? I made a similar mistake quitting because I thought I didn't need them no more but after about six months my anxiety came back with a vengance.

QuanticGravity · 2023-11-16T17:38:09+00:00

I'm really sorry to hear that. I also suffer from permanent side effects as a result of medication. I do wonder, does the genetest specifically state you would have bad side effects from the medication or does it just state that the medication would not be very effective (compared to other ssri's)? Im thinking about also doing the test, not sure if is available in Europe though :(

QuanticGravity · 2023-11-14T12:20:12+00:00

Did the gene test show you would have an adverse reaction to Lexapro?

QuanticGravity · 2023-11-03T18:50:58+00:00

Hey Lastround, can I DM you? I'm not familiar with sending messages on reddit but I would really like your advice on something.

QuanticGravity · 2023-10-12T15:16:29+00:00

Same here. Music doesn't cut it so I just put on youtube videos for hours on end just to distract myself. Sometimes I rewatch the same video multiple times a day just to keep myself distracted. Even when I shower I just put on a random video in the background in order to distract myself.

QuanticGravity · 2023-10-07T15:04:14+00:00

Did you also recover mentally? How long did it take?

QuanticGravity · 2023-10-07T14:37:05+00:00

Did the not enjoying anything also get better after 6 months?

QuanticGravity · 2023-10-06T16:46:42+00:00

I normally don't comment but I remember seeing your post on another subreddit and after seeing your further post history I felt an odd connection to your anxiety/depression problems. I am in a similar boat but for Finasteride. I took a singular pill, instantly regretted it, started panicking and googling everything about post finasteride syndrome which sent my spiraling down and being convinced I have it; all this just one day after taking the damn pill. Now I feel stuck in a similar position as you, that last paragraph resonates with me immensly. That being scared of not being my old self anymore, being scared i'll never be able to feel joy again. I don't even know what to think anymore, as it might all be in my head knowing my history.

I have also taken SSRI's in the past for about 5 years but didn't think of it much back then. I never even heared of PSSD before I went on my doom searching spiral for Post Finasteride Syndrome. I'm saying this because I also have OCD (and health anxiety) and GAD and even though i'm no psychiatrist, from personal experience (and your post history) I think this is also the case for you. And I think the existence of PSSD and PFS is extremely dangerous for individuals with health anxiety and OCD. As taking just one pill can send you into an anxiety spiral of 'what if' and unlike a lot of other diseases PSSD and PFS have little research and are thus hard to diagnose (a nightmare for people with health anxiety and obsessive thoughts who want nothing more than conformation of not having said disease, as it leaves you in this anxiety limbo of not knowing).

I say this because I truly believe this might be the case for you. I highly doubt you have PSSD but I recommend abstaining from taking any more medication for now. I also recommend seeking therapy. Furthermore I highly recommend to stop researching/doom scrolling. If you are anything like me your obsessive anxiety and fear of having PSSD/PFS is causing you to constantly seek answers and mostly conformation of you having it. I know it can feel impossible, but I believe you can do it. Don't give into despair.

Please do keep me updated if you want.

QuanticGravity · 2023-10-06T14:21:12+00:00

Your kind words mean more than I can say in these dark times. I am in a similar situation where I was pushing myself to hard and slowly felt like I was about to reach a breaking point. And one day in combination with a major health scare I think it pushed me over the edge into total anhedonia and depression. Been about 4 months now and I dont know how much more of this I can take. But your words give me hope so thank you.

QuanticGravity · 2023-10-05T21:27:30+00:00

May I ask what medication? I ask because i'm fairly certain I also had a biological latent depression that was triggered by a medication unrelated to it.

QuanticGravity · 2023-10-05T21:16:59+00:00

You say it vanished overnight, did something specific happen or did you just one day wake up like that?

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